Radium cases and legal slips headline city medical and personal notes
A Chicago hospital tube mishap leads to a patient’s dispute over costs and a subsequent second operation. A juror in Canada rules a man’s death was suicide while asleep. Fashion notes discuss long skirts and Paris London New York trends. A Honolulu divorce case ends with a public judgment of marital failure. A Michigan woman leaves two hundred thousand dollars to her daughter contingent on an apology in a family quarrel.
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Chicago
Hirmingham
Ale
Moan
Net
E Fashion
Paris
Lon
New York
Honolulu
Raspberry Plantations On Pacific Coast Grow Fast
The long established red raspberry plantations on the Pacific coast have expanded in recent years due to favorable climate. Berries are grown for home markets and as a valuable commercial crop in some areas. Close proximity to a ready market is advised and rapid transportation and refrigerator car service are essential for long distance shipments. O A C Experiment station.
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Pacific Coast
O. A. C. Experiment Station
Weather Rots Unpainted Buildings Amid Sun and Rain
A fragment discusses how exposure to weather rapidly devalues unpainted structures and advises seeking expert guidance on protective paint options. It mentions color schemes and harmony and references Fuller specifications and color matching details.
Humming Birds Eat Insects Not Nectar Says Report
A government note clarifies a common myth about humming birds. Biologists state that while nectar forms part of their diet, these birds primarily feed on insects in flight and spiders entangled in webs, with the ruby throat hummingbird most common in the eastern United States.
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Department of Agriculture
Ite Biologiata
Ite
Hector
United States
Sympathetic Magic Across Cultures and Vengeful Practices
The article discusses sympathetic magic used to harm absent enemies. It cites Obiway and Malay practices involving effigies with pins or arrows and burning war images with chants. Such beliefs hold that injuring the image causes real pain or death to the target in the real world.
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Ike
Monarch’s awe at Poe shown by Bavarian king
Louis I of Bavaria, famed for poetry admiration, reacted with bright eyes and eager questions when a proof reader mentioned Edgar Allan Poe. The moment Poe’s name was cited, the king’s calm demeanor vanished into excited curiosity about the writer’s inner life.
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Monarch
Louis I
Bavaria
Edgar Allan Poe
The
Figaro c
Poe
Louis
Tam
Punishments for flirts in Zululand rise with debt costs
Danish explorer Olaf Linck reports Zululand enforces strict penalties against seduction of married women. Polygamy declines as living costs soar. once a wife cost eight oxen, now nearly double. Fathers allegedly sell marriageable daughters on instalment plans, with default forcing service to the father in law until debts are settled.
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Zululand
Africa
Olaf Linck
Wenn Haps
Fomier
Iadan
Robins Advocate Themselves In Detroit Free Press Word Study
The Detroit Free Press argues robins are their own best advocates. Robins arrive in spring, spread through yards and porches, build nests on window sills, and serenade with cheerful neighborliness that makes people like them daily.
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Robbe
Detroit Free Press
Ley
Raspberry Propagation Methods and Tips
Simple propagation for red raspberries. varieties sucker freely. Plant young stock 6 to 8 inches high in early autumn. Purple-cane types may propagate by tips or sparse suckers. Root-cuttings are taken in autumn. roots cut into 8 or 4 inch pieces stored in sand or manure in a cellar. Damaged roots may sprout at the cut point. O. A. C. Experiment station.
Weeding Out Barren Cows Cuts Costs in Range Herds
An A C Extension note explains that missing calves raises the per calf cost due to running costs and depreciation. With only 60 percent calf crop the calf cost equals 14 times one cow’s running cost. Economical production requires culling barren cows and tightening management to stop leaks.
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O. A.C
Wing ridges and lift in motionless bird wings
The article discusses how certain birds maintain lift with motionless, swept wings and a hidden ridge under the wings. It explores theories that the ridges create air eddies to generate lift and propulsion or that vibrating motion accelerates wind flow to drive the bird forward without visible wing movement.
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Yeneat
France
Sirioege
Go to Church Movement Endorsed by Oregon Elka
The Oregon Elka endorse a go to church day to foster fellowship and better citizenship. They urge regular church attendance as a means to revive reverence and combat materialism, noting that staying away harms the church and community.
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Oregon Elka
United States
Boston Block
Minne
Applis
Minn
Apple Pomace Candy Filling Method
A historical note describes making a candy filling from apple pomace. Selected pomace is parboiled and screened to remove seeds skins and stems. Sweetening is added, pulp is cooked to the right consistency and rolled to thickness, then dried. O. A. Experiment.
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O. A. Experiment Station
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Farmers State Bank
Independence
Oregon
VasDaliay
Myday
Canada
West
Fuller
Ulor Carda
Fullers House
Phoenix
W. P. Fuller & Co
Sen Franciseco
Willard E. Craven
Robin
Galve Riddle
Soares
Mellenthin
Oregonian
Salem
Dr. Mellenthin
Marion Hotel
Sickett
Piast Bs Neale Pais Aioe Sen
U.S
Gop
Royal Cord Tires
Rubber Company
Atut
Viery
Independence Garage
CGORG
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